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 RICHARD D. JONES
Municipal Law, Redevelopment, Water Law
Richard D. Jones is the City Attorney for the cities of Whittier, La Habra, Fullerton and Westminster and general counsel to the Gateway Cities Council of Governments. He also represents special agencies and Joint Power Authorities. He has more than 32 years of experience, 30 of which are in the area of municipal law, and he has practiced in this area exclusively since 1985.Through his public and private experience, Mr. Jones offers expertise in nearly every issue confronting municipalities. He is responsible for municipal personnel matters, including negotiations with labor organizations and redevelopment issues. He is also expert on conflict and procedural issues, including the Brown Act. Prior to establishing the Law Office of Jones & Mayer, Mr. Jones owned the Law Office of Richard D. Jones, and before that was a member of the firm of Shay, Stirling, Jones and Jones. Mr. Jones has lectured to the California League of Cities and other conferences on labor negotiations, punitive damages and gang injunctions. He was also a professor at Whittier College in Professional Ethics and Business Law for more than 10 years.He was a 17-year elected member of the Lowell Joint Elementary School District Board of Directors, and served as President on four occasions. Since 1995 he has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the California Domestic Water Company and has served as a director since 1993. He has been President of a local Chamber of Commerce, Boys & Girls Club, and Kiwanis, as well as Citizen of the Year. He has recently served as the President of the Lowell Joint Education Foundation. He has been a Rotarian for over 20 years and serves on advisory boards for such organizations as St. Jude Hospital and Boys & Girls Clubs.
 MARTIN J. MAYER
Police Litigation, Employment Law, City Prosecution, Municipal Law
Martin J. Mayer is a name partner in the firm of Jones & Mayer (J&M) and serves as legal counsel to the Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police in approximately 70 law enforcement agencies throughout California. He serves as General Counsel to the California State Sheriffs Association (CSSA), the California Police Chiefs Association (CPCA) and the California Peace Officers Association (CPOA), and has done so for approximately 25 years. Mr. Mayer is also responsible to oversee the attorneys in the firm of J&M who serve as City Prosecutor in the 16 cities where the firm provides that legal service.
Prior to merging with the Law Office of Richard D. Jones, Mr. Mayer was a name partner in the firm of Mayer & Coble, which provided legal advice and representation to police and sheriffs departments and served as the City Prosecutor for several municipalities. He is a graduate of the City University of New York and St. John's University School of Law. He began his professional career in New York City as a deputy Public Defender and served in that capacity for five years. After relocating to California in 1975 he became the Director of the Criminal Justice Planning Unit for the League of California Cities. In 1980 he entered the private practice of law focusing on issues arising out of law enforcement.
Mr. Mayer is a graduate of the 6th FBI National Law Institute at Quantico, Virginia (designed for police legal advisors) and was the first attorney in private practice to be invited to participate in the program. He also served for nine years as a POST reserve with the Downey Police Department.
Mr. Mayer writes and lectures extensively, in California and nationally, on legal issues which impact on law enforcement including, but not limited to, the use of force, pursuits, discipline and due process, public records, personnel files, and the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act. He presents on behalf of numerous statewide law enforcement associations and the California Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST). He has served on many POST committees as a subject matter expert and has participated in several POST Telecourses, which are used for training peace officers throughout the state. Mr. Mayer is also the 2005 recipient of the "Governor’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Peace Officer Training".
 KIMBERLY HALL BARLOW
Municipal Law, Tort Litigation, Employment Litigation, Writs and Appeals, Land Use and Zoning
Graduating third in her class from UCLA Law School, Ms. Barlow joined the Law Office of Jones & Mayer in 1993. Her practice is devoted almost exclusively to municipal law and litigation. In that capacity, Ms. Barlow handles litigation on behalf of the firm's public entity clients, including dangerous condition and negligence claims, use of force and civil rights litigation, adult use ordinances, tax matters and administrative and traditional permits for writ of mandate.
She has successfully defended numerous complex writ cases involving alleged violations of the Brown Act and Conflict of Interest laws, CEQA claims, licensing and permit decisions, including revocations of conditional use permits, and inverse condemnation claims. She also regularly prepares ordinances, resolutions, complex transactional documents and memoranda of understanding.
Ms. Barlow serves as the City Attorney for the City of Costa Mesa and as Assistant City Attorney to the firm's other city clients. In addition to providing the full range of legal services for these cities, Ms. Barlow conducts citywide training in discrimination and harassment prevention, ethics, Brown Act and conflicts training, and HIPAA compliance training. She also investigates personnel complaints, particularly involving harassment claims. Further, she serves as counsel to civilian personnel boards hearing employee grievances.
Ms. Barlow serves on the Board of the Orange County City Attorney's Association and served for seven years on the Executive Committee of the Utility Users Tax Technical Task Force, which was a sub-committee of the California League of Cities Revenue and Taxation Committee. She previously served as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Ferdinand F. Fernandez, Circuit Judge, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Early in her career, Ms. Barlow practiced with the law firm of Irell & Manella as a litigation associate focusing on insurance, construction, environmental and real estate litigation.
 PAUL R. COBLE
Police Litigation, Employment Law, Municipal Law
Prior to joining the Law Office of Jones and Mayer, Mr. Coble was a partner at Mayer & Coble, a firm specializing in City Prosecutor services and in providing counsel to police and sheriff's offices. With a background as deputy city attorney for the Santa Ana Police Department and with 21 years at the Los Angeles Police Department, Mr. Coble brings a focus on police labor, employment and tort defense to the civil practice of Jones & Mayer.
As a captain in the LAPD, Coble served as the Employee Relations Administrator and acted as management representative to 17 collective bargaining units representing over 10,000 employees. Mr. Coble acted as an advisor to the Chief of Police and senior city management in his capacity as a Santa Ana deputy city attorney.
He has written numerous articles for publications such as The Journal of California Law Enforcement and California Peace Officer Magazine. Those include "To Ride or Not to Ride," and "Performance Reviews - Avoiding the Halo Effect." He is a frequent and sought-after lecturer and trainer on issues of police standard of conduct, civil rights liability, discipline, and performance review. He has drafted and published several police policy and procedure manuals.
Mr. Coble holds admissions to the Court of Appeal, the United States Federal Courts, and the United States Supreme Court. He holds professional affiliations with several organizations including The International Association of Chiefs of Police, the California State Sheriff's Association and the California Police Officers Association. He is counsel to the Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit Foundation, and serves as a member of the Sexual Misconduct Oversight Review Board for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange.
 HAROLD W. POTTER
Civil Rights Litigation, Public Entity Liability Litigation, Employment Litigation, Eminent Domain
Harold W. Potter is the senior litigator for the law offices of Jones & Mayer since 1996. Mr. Potter has been a practicing trial lawyer in Los Angeles and Orange Counties for thirteen years. From 1986 to 1992, Mr. Potter served as a Deputy City Attorney for the City of Long Beach, California, in their tort liability section.
Mr. Potter began his career as an associate with in-house counsel for State Farm Insurance Companies representing policyholders in liability actions. Later, as a Deputy City Attorney for the City of Long Beach, Mr. Potter defended all phases of public entity liability, including civil rights violations, dangerous conditions of public property, and general litigation matters.
During the course of his career, Mr. Potter has enjoyed an outstanding success rate as a trial attorney in federal court and courts of general jurisdiction. Mr. Potter has applied to become an associate with the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), which requires a minimum of twenty jury trials in federal or superior court.
Mr. Potter has also prosecuted eminent domain actions, first amendment actions on behalf of fire fighters, and other business litigation matters, as well as other tort related actions. Additionally, Mr. Potter presently serves as a police advisor regarding matters of policy, personnel, and liability to a department with over one hundred fifty sworn officers.
After leaving the City of Long Beach, Mr. Potter was an associate with Ferguson, Praet & Sherman, specializing in the defense of police officers in civil rights violations including excessive force, high speed pursuits, officer involved shootings, and disciplinary matters. Mr. Potter has a published opinion by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reviewing an officer involved shooting entitled George v. City of Long Beach, 973 F.2d 706 (9th Cir. 1992).
Mr. Potter recently obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a public entity regarding an allegation of a dangerous condition of public property involving road design and a double fatality accident.
 RICHARD L. ADAMS II
Municipal Law, Transactional, Employment, Land Use and Zoning
Richard L. Adams II is a senior associate at the Law Offices of Jones & Mayer. Mr. Adams is currently serving as the City Attorney for the City of South Pasadena and deputy city attorney for a number of other cities represented by the firm. Mr. Adams has extensive experience in all areas of public agency law practice, including land use matters, personnel issues, telecommunication law, election law, public contract law, public safety issues, collective bargaining and general administrative litigation.
He has served for many years as the legal counsel to numerous planning commissions and has handled numerous city council and planning commission meetings. He has experience in a variety of land use, CEQA and Brown Act issues. Additionally, he has assisted on a number of redevelopment transactions, and has a diverse background in a variety of public agency contract matters.
Mr. Adams has conducted workshops for a number of clients on such matters as AB 1234 Ethics Training, Brown Act compliance, disciplinary procedures, conflicts of interest and drafting of ordinances and resolutions.
Mr. Adams has addressed issues of cable television performance and franchise compliance. He has successfully negotiated new franchises and/or transfer agreements for numerous cities. He also has successfully handled litigation matters against two of California’s major utility companies: Southern California Edison and Southern California Gas Company. Additionally, Mr. Adams has provided legal counsel to the utility service and public works departments on a variety of transactional, bid procedure and interagency relations matters.
Mr. Adams is very active in the community and has received various community service awards from the YMCA, Montebello Chamber of Commerce and Montebello Rotary Club, of which he has been a member since 1982. He was also honored by the American Legion as Man of the Year for his dedicated service to the community.
 THOMAS P. DUARTE
Municipal Law, Litigation, Transactional Law and Land Use
Thomas P. Duarte is an associate at the law offices of Jones & Mayer. Mr. Duarte has been with the firm since 1996, and specializes in municipal law in the capacity of Deputy City Attorney for the cities of Fullerton, La Habra, Westminster, Whittier and Costa Mesa.
Mr. Duarte ' s main areas of practice are civil litigation and land use. His duties include performing legally required tasks in all phases of civil litigation involving tort liability, public works contracts, breach of contract, federal civil rights, eminent domain, and administrative mandamus actions.
Mr. Duarte ' s duties also include drafting and reviewing contracts and other types of transactional documents; researching and preparing legal opinions; drafting appellate briefs; analyzing, researching, and interpreting legislation; and advising boards, departments, officers, and employees on legal questions relating to their respective powers, duties, functions, and obligations.
From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Duarte sat as legal counsel for the Whittier Planning Commission. From 2000 to 2004, Mr. Duarte sat as legal counsel for the Westminster Planning Commission. He currently sits as legal counsel for the Costa Mesa Planning Commission. He also attends, on an as needed basis, City Council and other Planning Commission meetings for the cities of Fullerton, Westminster, La Habra, Whittier and Costa Mesa. In addition, Mr. Duarte sits as counsel for the Southeast Area Social Services Funding Authority, and Deputy Counsel for Gateway Cities Council of Governments.
Mr. Duarte continues to expand his areas of practice in the municipal law field, and also has experience in redevelopment law, city prosecution and police litigation.
 GREGORY P. PALMER
Police Legal Advisor, City Prosecutor, Personnel and Employment, "Pitchess" Motions, Writs and Appeals
Gregory P. Palmer joined the law offices of Jones & Mayer as a Senior Associate in 1999. Prior to that, Mr. Palmer spent almost ten years with the Law Offices of Mayer, Coble & Palmer. He has extensive experience acting as a legal advisor to more than 100 chiefs of police and sheriffs throughout the State of California. In that capacity, he has provided legal assistance in all aspects of operating a police department. Mr. Palmer has represented Chiefs of Police in more than one hundred twenty-five disciplinary appeal hearings and arbitrations with a ninety percent success rate. He has also handled several disciplinary hearings involving firefighters and public works employees. Mr. Palmer is experienced in excessive force, dishonesty, insubordination, off-duty criminal conduct, and other matters. He has appeared in court on “Pitchess” motions hundreds of times, and has prepared and argued a dozen appellate court writs challenging improper trial court decisions on these motions. Mr. Palmer has also briefed and argued approximately twenty administrative writ petitions on discipline cases and AB 301 issues. Prior to entering the practice of law, he was a police officer for ten years in La Palma, California.
Mr. Palmer is also conversant in all aspects of the criminal prosecution of city code enforcement cases. He has performed as the Assistant City Prosecutor in ten local cities. Mr. Palmer has developed unique expertise in prosecuting sexually-oriented businesses, both criminally and by administratively suspending or revoking city permits.
Recently, Mr. Palmer has handled several high profile cases. In 1997, he prosecuted the First Southern Baptist Church and its pastor for illegally housing the homeless on its grounds. This case gained national notoriety and the city prevailed on appeal. He filed an injunctive action and negotiated the final closure of the last remaining X-rated theater in Orange County. Mr. Palmer has also assisted in municipal code prosecutions arising out of the multi-department task force approach to critical problem areas. In 1998, Mr. Palmer and fellow members on the Buena Park Neighborhood Improvement Task Force were nominated for the Orange County Human Relations Commission Community-Oriented Policing Award.
Mr. Palmer has lectured at POST-approved programs, conferences, and numerous police departments, on topics such as civil liability, sexual harassment, legal update, force, discipline, and “Pitchess” motions. He has also lectured on topics related to city prosecutor functions to code enforcement associations in Southern California and Texas. He is the principal author of the 2006 revision of the CPOA’s “Pitchess Motion Manual,” and in October of 1999 he was named Chair of the CPOA, Police Legal Advisors Committee, Southern Section. Mr. Palmer is the instructor of the CPOA Pitchess Motion Update and Public Records Act Classes.
 CHRISTIAN L. BETTENHAUSEN
Municipal Law, Contract & Transactional Law, Land Use & Land Use Litigation, Redevelopment, Landlord Tenant, Corporation & Business Law, Estates & Trusts
Christian L. Bettenhausen is an associate with the law offices of Jones & Mayer, and has been with the firm since 2000. He graduated second in his class from Western State University College of Law in 1998.
Mr. Bettenhausen's primary areas of practice include municipal law, zoning, planning, land use and contract law. He is the primary legal advisor to the Westminster Planning Commission, the Fullerton Municipal Airport, and advises a number of other boards, commissions, and departments on issues affecting public entities.
His primary responsibilities include sitting as a legal advisor at planning commission, city council and staff meetings; providing legal advice on all issues affecting municipal entities, including but not limited to the Brown Act, conflict of interest laws (PRA and 1090), Public Records Act, AB 1234, HIPAA and employment law; advising community development and planning departments and redevelopment agencies on all zoning and land use issues; handling administrative mandamus proceedings; providing legal advice and documentation for affordable housing projects, handling CDBG and HOME funds issues; researching and providing written opinions; negotiating, drafting and reviewing contractual agreements and leases; advising on insurance and indemnity issues; drafting and interpreting resolutions and ordinances; airport law; and landlord tenant issues.
Mr. Bettenhausen handles probate matters, drafts wills, trusts and other estate planning documents. He is also regularly involved in the formation of 501(c)(3) nonprofit entities.
Prior to joining Jones & Mayer, Mr. Bettenhausen was an associate at Carroll, Gilbert & Bachor, a law firm specializing in business law, litigation, and the petroleum industry. Prior to becoming an attorney, Mr. Bettenhausen served as a Judicial Extern for Presiding Justice David G. Sills, at the Fourth District Court of Appeal.
 KRISTA MACNEVIN JEE
Municipal Law, Transactional Law, Litigation, Land Use, Writs and Appeals
Ms. Jee has been with the firm for more than ten years and has, during those years, provided a broad range of services to public entity clients. She focuses her practice on regular advisement to the firm’s municipal clients, as well as handling complex litigation for municipalities and other public entities in matters involving employment law, the California Environmental Quality Act, administrative hearings, dangerous condition of public property, nuisance, inverse condemnation, elections, taxes, . She regularly assists cities, for instance, in drafting code revisions; drafting and negotiating contracts and franchises; conflicts of interest analysis; compliance with applicable state and federal regulations, ranging from water/sewer discharge to Brown Act compliance to Public Records Act to ADA to redevelopment to public works projects to telecommunications to land use, etc. Her litigation experience includes complex writs and appeals, including briefing and oral argument of numerous cases at the appellate level both on behalf of public entities as well as on behalf of the firm, the League of California Cities, or public entity associations as amicus curiae brief to the California Court of Appeal, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and in support of petitions for review in the United States Supreme Court.
A magna cum laude graduate of Whittier College School of Law, Ms. Jee received a certificate of academic focus in Children's Law and was among the first graduating class of Fellows for the Center of Children's Rights. She has published "Hearsay Exceptions in Child Abuse Cases: Have the Courts and Legislatures Really Considered the Child" in the Whittier Law Review. Ms. Jee graduated magna cum laude with a major in Psychology and a minor in English from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, winning the Outstanding Graduate Award.
 YOLANDA SUMMERHILL
Municipal Law, Land Use, Contract & Transactional Law, Receiverships
City Prosecution, "Pitchess" Motions
Ms. Summerhill is an associate of Jones & Mayer and joined the Firm in 2000.
She serves as deputy city attorney for the cities of Costa Mesa, Fullerton, La Habra, Westminster & Whittier. In her service to these cities, she provides legal counsel on a variety of municipal law areas including: land use, Public Records Act, public contracts, election law, the Political Reform Act and the Brown Act.
In addition to serving as general counsel to public agencies, she also represents law enforcement agencies in various areas. This includes representing chiefs of police in disciplinary hearings and teaching legal seminars to supervisors and employees on the prevention of sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation. Ms. Summerhill regularly appears in court on "Pitchess" motions along with preparing appellate court writs challenging improper trial court decisions on these motions.
Previously, Ms. Summerhill served as City Prosecutor for the cities of Westminster and Rancho Cucamonga handling criminal prosecutions of code enforcement cases. Along with criminal enforcement, Ms. Summerhill has been responsible for civil enforcement of code enforcement violations including bringing actions as Unfair Business Practices, Red Light Abatement and Drug Nuisance Abatement. Ms. Summerhill also initiated the firm's receivership program for public nuisance violations pursuant to Health & Safety Code Section 17980.6.
 ELENA QUERO GERLI
City Prosecution, Municipal Law, First Amendment, Prevailing Wages
Ms. Elena Q. Gerli joined the law offices of Jones & Mayer in October of 2003. She is currently Deputy City Prosecutor for the cities of Fullerton, Westminster, and Whittier, and her primary duties include Code Enforcement, prosecution of municipal code violations, and prosecution of massage and chiropractic parlor license violations. In addition, Ms. Gerli assists Mr. Gregory P. Palmer in drafting and litigating receivership applications and police personnel discovery ("Pitchess") motions. Ms. Gerli is also responsible for much of the First Amendment work at Jones & Mayer.
Prior to joining Jones & Mayer, Ms. Gerli externed full-time for Judge Ronald S.W. Lew, Central District of California, where she researched and wrote bench memos addressing both civil and criminal motions.
Ms. Gerli took part in the Summer Honors Program at the California Attorney General's Office, Criminal Division, Appeals/Writs/Trials, where she researched and wrote several Respondent's Briefs, analyzing First, Fourth and Sixth Amendment issues. She also researched and wrote a Supplemental Briefing to a Federal Habeas Corpus Return, addressing whether a sentence under the California Three Strikes Law violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.
Ms. Gerli interned at the United States Attorney's Office, Criminal Division, Central District of California, where she researched a wide variety of evidentiary and procedural issues, including search and seizure and hearsay. While at the U.S. Attorney's Office, she assisted in the trial preparation of a complex environmental prosecution. Additionally, Ms Gerli volunteered in the Hardcore Gang Unit of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, assisting in the preparation of a capital case.
During law school, Ms. Gerli received a Distinguished Advocate Award in the Moot Court Honors Program, and was a columnist for The Docket, UCLA School of Law's newspaper. Additionally, she was Director of Special Programs for the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund for one year.
Ms. Gerli is an active volunteer for the Alumni Association of her alma mater, Brown University.
 DANNY L. PEELMAN
City Prosecution, Police Litigation, Internal Investigations and Police Employment Law
Mr. Peelman became a full time associate of Jones & Mayer in 2004. For approximately 12 years prior to becoming a full time associate attorney with the Law Office of Jones & Mayer, Mr. Peelman served of counsel to the Law Offices of Martin Mayer, Law Offices of Mayer, Coble & Palmer, Law Offices of Mayer & Coble and the Law Offices of Jones & Mayer. During that period of time he was assigned as a Deputy City Prosecutor for the cities of Downey, Manhattan Beach, Rolling Hills Estates, West Covina, Upland and Rancho Cucamonga.
Currently, Mr. Peelman serves as City Prosecutor to the cities of Upland and Costa Mesa, Deputy City Prosecutor to West Covina, Deputy General Counsel to the California State Sheriff's Association and special counsel to the South Gate Police Department. As various cities' city prosecutor and deputy city prosecutor, Mr. Peelman has represented cities in matters at the appellate level. Additionally, Mr. Peelman has extensive personnel complaint investigative experience and has conducted numerous personnel investigations for law enforcement and private agencies.
Prior to becoming a full time associate with the Law Office of Jones & Mayer, Mr. Peelman was a sole practitioner with the Law Offices of Dan Peelman for 12 years. During that time he operated two family law offices in Rancho Cucamonga and Chino. He has been the president of the East-West Family Law Bar Association and has been favorably recognized for his voluntary assignment as a family law Judge Pro Tem by the County of San Bernardino.
While attending the University of LaVerne College of Law, Mr. Peelman was the Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. He published articles pertaining to juvenile law.
In 1994, Mr. Peelman retired from the Los Angeles Police Department after 21 years of law enforcement experience (17 years with LAPD and 4 years with Charlottesville, Virginia Police Department). While with the LAPD, Mr. Peelman's assignments included being the Officer-in-Charge of the Legal Research Unit, Discovery Unit, Assistant Patrol Division Watch Commander, supervisor with the 1984 Olympics Planning Group and he was assigned as the Department Associate Advocate and investigator with Internal Affairs Division.
 IVY M. TSAI
Municipal Law, Transactional Law, Civil Litigation
Ivy M. Tsai joined the law offices of Jones & Mayer in July 2004. As a deputy city attorney and assistant counsel to the Gateway Cities Council of Governments, her areas of practice include municipal law, transactional law, and civil litigation. Ms. Tsai's duties include drafting and revising municipal code sections, drafting and reviewing agreements, handling Public Records Act requests, preparing legal opinions and analysis on a variety of issues affecting public entities, and providing litigation support. She also performs legal research and drafts opinions for law enforcement agencies and performs city prosecutorial duties.
Ms. Tsai graduated from UCLA School of Law in May 2002 and became one of California's youngest attorneys at age 22 after passing the July Bar. While at UCLA Law, Ms. Tsai was a teaching assistant for the Lawyering Skills course. As such, she mentored students in legal research and writing. She was also a managing editor of the Asian Pacific American Law Journal.Prior to joining Jones & Mayer, Ms. Tsai was a litigation associate at a firm specializing in consumer fraud and automobile "lemon law" actions, where she handled pre-trial and discovery matters. She also externed with the Appellate Division of the Los Angeles Superior Court, where she drafted prposed opinions for civil and traffic violation appeals and assisted with the drafting of proposed opinions for criminal appeals. Ms. Tsai was a law clerk for the Employee Division of the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office, where she drafted legal pleadings and discovery requests and performed document review. Ms. Tsai was also a law clerk for the Children's Law Center of Los Angeles, where she drafted petitions, interviewed clients and witnesses, and assisted clients in obtaining services and care.Ms. Tsai received her B.A. in Political Science at UCLA.
 MICHAEL Q. DO
Municipal Law, City Prosecution and Civil Litigation
Prior to joining Jones & Mayer, Mr. Do was an attorney and managing partner at a law firm that specialized in business litigation and family law. Mr. Do was involved in managing all aspects of the law firm from its inception in 1997. After he joined Jones & Mayer in 2005, his duties include advising our clients on all aspects of municipal law including transactional, contractual and land-use issues. Mr. Do is also a Deputy Prosecutor firm's Prosecutor Office for code enforcement and criminal prosecution matters.
Mr. Do received his B.A. in economics at UCLA and his J.D. at Western State University. Upon graduation he worked at CBS Entertainment as a Business Affairs Negotiator responsible for negotiating with talents, including producers, directors and actors. He is the founder of MiniVan Production with Executive Producer credit to reality based television productions about professional athletes.
During law school, Mr. Do also served as a law clerk at the Law Office of Yolita Norwalk. His responsibilities included negotiating with state regulators and Securities Exchange Commission office on behalf of clients offering securities under Regulation D and Regulation A offerings. He also conducted due diligence interviews and drafted Private Placement Memorandum.
 Jeremy J. Rytky
Jeremy J. Rytky joined the law offices of Jones & Mayer in November 2007. Mr. Rytky serves as a deputy city attorney for the cities of Costa Mesa, Fullerton, La Habra, South Pasadena, Westminster and Whittier. His primary areas of practice include municipal law, transactional law, and civil litigation. Mr. Rytky=s duties include drafting and revising municipal code sections, drafting and reviewing agreements, handling conflict of interest (PRA and 1090) matters, preparing legal opinions and analysis on a variety of issues affecting public entities, and providing litigation support by drafting pre-trial motions and handling discovery matters. He also performs city prosecutorial duties.
Mr. Rytky graduated in the top 8% of his class from Whittier College School of Law in May 2007. While at law school he earned a Dean’s Merit Scholarship for academic excellence and a CALI Award in Corporations. He also externed for Justice William F. Rylaarsdam at the California Court of Appeal in Santa Ana where he researched and wrote memorandum and opinions on various areas of law in addition to attending oral arguments and writ conferences.
Mr. Rytky was also a law clerk for the Whittier Area Cooperative Special Education Program (WACSEP). Among his duties were drafting documents including closing briefs, settlement agreements, and complaint responses to the California Department of Education. He also counseled staff and participated in numerous mediations which resulted in positive settlements for the school districts in litigation.
Mr. Rytky earned his Bachelor of Arts in History from Whittier College in 2004.
From 1998 to 2001 Mr. Rytky served in the United States Marine Corp. During his enlistment he served with Weapons Company 1/1 as a Machine Gunner and Headquarters Company 1st Marines as Regimental Legal Clerk and was meritoriously promoted ahead of his peers.
 JAMAAR M. BOYD-WEATHERBY
Litigation, Municipal Law, Police Litigation, Employment Law, and Pitchess Motions.
Jamaar M. Boyd-Weatherby has been an associate with the law offices of Jones and Mayer since June of 2008. His areas of practice include litigation, municipal law, police litigation, employment law, and Pitchess motions.
Mr. Boyd-Weatherby received his J.D. from University of California-Berkeley (Boalt Hall) in 2003 and his B.A. in philosophy from Cal Poly-Pomona in 2000.
Mr. Boyd-Weatherby specializes in litigation, including cases involving tort liability, contract disputes, employment law, and state and federal civil rights. He also serves as Deputy City Prosecutor. His primary duties include municipal code enforcement, prosecution of municipal code violations, and prosecution of massage and chiropractic parlor license violations. Mr. Boyd-Weatherby also works on police litigation, Pitchess motions, internal investigation, and appeals.
Prior to joining Jones & Mayer, Mr. Boyd-Weatherby was a Deputy Orange County Public Defender. Mr. Boyd handled misdemeanor and felony cases at West Court, North Court, and the Lamoreaux Justice Center. While at the Public Defender’s Office, Mr. Boyd-Weatherby had 30 jury trials. He also worked as an associate at Proskauer Rose, LLP in Century City. At Proskauer, Mr. Boyd-Weatherby worked in the litigation group where he primarily worked on entertainment litigation, securities litigation, and white collar criminal defense.
While at Boalt Hall, Mr. Boyd-Weatherby served as the Senior Articles editor for Berkeley Journal of African-American Law and Policy Report (formally known as the “African-American Law and Policy Report”). He interned in the Housing Unit of the East Bay Community Law Center (“EBCLC”). He also worked as a manager for the Cal Women’s Basketball team.
At Cal Poly, he served as an intern for Superior Court Judge Dukes and Judge Oki. Mr. Boyd-Weatherby played for the Men’s Basketball team. He was the president of the Philosophy Club, president of the Student Alumni Association, and he competed on the Model United Nations team.
 MICHAEL R. CAPIZZI
Litigation - Civil and Criminal, Employment Law
Former District Attorney of Orange County (1990 to 1999), Mr. Capizzi administered an office of 1200 employees, including 250 attorneys. Prior to election to that office, he was in top management with the District Attorney's office for over 19 years.
Mr. Capizzi defends public agencies against tort and civil rights claims in state and federal court and in select cases defends public officers in criminal matters. He also represents public agency management in employee discipline proceedings.
Mr. Capizzi has successfully argued two cases before the United States Supreme Court, and has appeared numerous times before the California State Supreme Court. He has conducted hundreds of jury trials and served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California, handling the investigation and trial of 12 political corruption cases in Los Angeles County.
Mr. Capizzi also served as a legal advisor for Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit, an international association of organized crime intelligence officers. Holding an "AV" rating in Martindale-Hubbell, Mr. Capizzi is also a fellow of the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers. He was president of the Orange County Bar Association and the California District Attorney's Association and was Vice-president of the National District Attorney's Association.
Mr. Capizzi has extensive teaching experience in the criminal justice programs at Santa Ana College and California State University, Fullerton. In addition, Mr. Capizzi served as a planning commissioner in the City of Fountain Valley for ten years. He received the Outstanding California Prosecutor Award in 1980 and was a 20-year member of the National District Attorney's Association.
 MERVIN D. FEINSTEIN
Public Sector Labor Law, Civil Rights Litigation
With a background of nearly 30 years experience in law enforcement, Mr. Feinstein is a management and litigation consultant to municipalities, counties, the California Department of Justice and private law firms specializing in public sector labor issues and civil rights.
Mr. Feinstein prepares cases and appears as an expert in custom, practice and policy. In addition, he reviews agency policy manuals, drafts sample policies and conducts training of supervisorial, managerial and administrative staffs.
Mr. Feinstein lectures extensively for groups such as the Police Officers Standards and Training (POST), the California Police Officers Association, the State Sheriff's Association and the State Board of Corrections. He has served as an extension faculty member for the University of California Criminal Justice Program, School of Political Science and for Riverside City College.
He is the Past Chairman of the California Police Officers Association Police Legal Advisors and has authored training manuals and articles on hiring practices, employee relations, sexual harassment, internal affairs and discipline/due process.
Mr. Feinstein is a graduate of Pepperdine University and of the FBI National Academy (115th Session.) He retired from the Riverside Police Department as a Deputy Chief in 1988.
 LAUREN BUDD
Office Manager
Lauren Budd is new to the firm and is taking over the position of office manager vacated by Sharon Petrocelli. Lauren comes to us from Cingular Wireless and is responsible for the day to day operations of the firm.
 SHARON PETROCELLI
Executive Manager and Probate Paralegal
Sharon Petrocelli is a Probate Paralegal with 32 years of experience in her field and regularly attends Continuing Education of the Bar Seminars. She has been with the firm for 26 years and is the former office manager of the firm. Wanting to reduce her hours, she is now taking on a new role as an event planner and starting a new service for the firm involving seminars in addition to continuation of the probate area of law.
 STEVE STAVELEY
Law Enforcement Consultant
Mr. Staveley is a consultant to Jones & Mayer, and its clients, with great knowledge in law enforcement issues. He conducts the firm's internal affairs investigations, as well as its review and revision of policy and procedure manuals. He provides training in a variety of related areas, such as United States Department of Justice investigation practices.
Mr. Staveley assists Jones & Mayer in its development and processing of grant funded training for law enforcement. He represents the firm in certain meetings, providing knowledge of law enforcement operational tactics and technical information.
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